Suggestion to relieve the tedium of the sameness of American Idol

Every year we hear a load of Stevie Wonder or Manilow comment.
How about an '80's night and bring on Daryl Hall, Rick Springfield
and some of the reformed Cars as judges (albeit without the most
important Cars, Ric Ocasek and the late Benjamin Orr).

There's plenty of Hall & Oates songs that could be covered, at least 20
Rick Springfield tunes, and a number of Cars songs + other eighties
classics.

Jason Wuthrich...

As much as I'd like to see that happen, how much do you want to bet that the
producers tapped Wonder and Manilow to help them promote recent-or-upcoming
albums? While AI could put The New Cars on the map, I haven't heard about
any new projects by H&O or Springfield that I know of, even though both acts
are in the Sony-BMG stable to which AI assigns its winners.

Idol has become THE industry vehicle for older "established" performers
to promote themselve.

Who wouldn't want to see that Wednesday night show with Hall & Oates? The

Attila_The_Tongue...

You mean the American Karaoke championships? I'll start watching when they
make these contestants play a real instrument and play and sing a song THEY
WROTE. Otherwise, not interested.

MayfairMayfair...

Totally agree. That is why Rock Star INXS was a much better show.

Attila_The_Tongue...

Didnt see that, altho some guys in a band i was working with were enjoying
it. The last rumour was that Van Halen was going to do it but apparently
unfounded.

Kris Baker...

Me. I pride myself on not watching Idol, and this wouldn't
change that a bit.

main reason for it would be to coerce Rick to rock the house and forty
million viewers with "Jessie's Girl, "Love Somebody" and "Human Touch".
The theater would be in a frenzy by the time he finished.

Bring on some other performers and make it a weekly two hour Wednesday
night Idol variety show. The US is starving for a variety show anyway.
That's why we have all these "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour" type shows.